Evercore appoints new chief May 26, 2009 Boutique advisory firm Evercore Partners has named Ralph Schlosstein chief executive officer and president with immediate effect, chairman Roger Altman announced yesterday. Schlosstein, a co-founder and former president of fund manager BlackRock, will work with the chairman to expand Evercore’s global reach and diversify its operations. “Our goal is to build Evercore into a global, [...]
Evercore appoints new chief May 26, 2009 Boutique advisory firm Evercore Partners has named Ralph Schlosstein chief executive officer and president with immediate effect, chairman Roger Altman announced yesterday. Schlosstein, a co-founder and former president of fund manager BlackRock, will work with the chairman to expand Evercore’s global reach and diversify its operations. “Our goal is to build Evercore into a global, [...]
SWINE FLU HITS THE CITY (WELL, SORT OF…) May 25, 2009 IT had to happen eventually: the global swine flu outbreak has officially claimed its first City victim. Well, that might be a touch exaggerated, since the poor chap in question – Sterling Printers director Simon Pearson-Miles, who’s better known in the City simply as “PM” – only contracted a mild sniffle after coming into contact [...]
SWINE FLU HITS THE CITY (WELL, SORT OF…) May 25, 2009 IT had to happen eventually: the global swine flu outbreak has officially claimed its first City victim. Well, that might be a touch exaggerated, since the poor chap in question – Sterling Printers director Simon Pearson-Miles, who’s better known in the City simply as “PM” – only contracted a mild sniffle after coming into contact [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK May 25, 2009 TO VIVAT Bacchus London Bridge on Saturday night for a cosy dinner of scallops, two separate African antelope delicacies (springbok and kudu tartar) and plenty of cheese. I hear the dishes were picked out specially by the restaurant team for our four diners, who put up their feet as they were served with a feast [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK May 25, 2009 TO VIVAT Bacchus London Bridge on Saturday night for a cosy dinner of scallops, two separate African antelope delicacies (springbok and kudu tartar) and plenty of cheese. I hear the dishes were picked out specially by the restaurant team for our four diners, who put up their feet as they were served with a feast [...]
UN CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST May 25, 2009 NORTH Korea tested a nuclear weapon yesterday, briefly shaking Asian markets and triggering an emergency UN Security Council meeting on the communist state’s act of defiance. US President Barack Obama said Pyongyang’s bid to develop nuclear weapons was a threat to international peace and security, and called on world leaders to condemn the test. China, [...]
UN CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST May 25, 2009 NORTH Korea tested a nuclear weapon yesterday, briefly shaking Asian markets and triggering an emergency UN Security Council meeting on the communist state’s act of defiance. US President Barack Obama said Pyongyang’s bid to develop nuclear weapons was a threat to international peace and security, and called on world leaders to condemn the test. China, [...]
New TNK-BP boss lined up May 25, 2009 TNK-BP, BP’s joint venture in Russia, said yesterday it had nominated a former Soviet vice-consul in Uganda as its next chief executive. Pavel Skitovich will replace TimSummers, who has been holding the fort since Bob Dudley fled Russia following a campaign of intimidation. “The search for a new chief executive is over,” a spokesperson for [...]
New TNK-BP boss lined up May 25, 2009 TNK-BP, BP’s joint venture in Russia, said yesterday it had nominated a former Soviet vice-consul in Uganda as its next chief executive. Pavel Skitovich will replace TimSummers, who has been holding the fort since Bob Dudley fled Russia following a campaign of intimidation. “The search for a new chief executive is over,” a spokesperson for [...]